Internet Explorer 6 was released on August 27, 2001, a few months before Windows XP.
This version included DHTML enhancements, content restricted inline frames, and partial support of CSS level 1, DOM level 1, and SMIL 2.0.
The MSXML engine was also updated to version 3.0. Other new features included a new version of the Internet Explorer Administration Kit (IEAK), Media bar, Windows Messenger integration, fault collection, automatic image resizing, P3P, and a new look-and-feel that was in line with the Luna visual style of Windows XP, when used in Windows XP.
Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 offered several security enhancements and coincided with the Windows XP SP1 patch release.
In 2002, the Gopher protocol was disabled, and support for it was dropped in Internet Explorer 7.
Internet Explorer 6.0 SV1 came out August 6, 2004 for Windows XP SP2 and offered various security enhancements and new color buttons on the user interface.
Internet Explorer 6 updated the original 'blue e' logo to a lighter blue and more 3D look.
Microsoft now considers IE6 to be an obsolete product and recommends that users upgrade to Internet Explorer 8.
Some corporate IT users have not upgraded despite this, in part because some still use Windows 2000, which will not run Internet Explorer 7 or above.
Its usage is 8.3% percent globally in December 2011, and depending to the country the usage differs heavily: while the usage in Norway is 0.2%, it's 27.9% in the Peoples Republic of China.
On January 3, 2012, Microsoft announced that usage of IE6 in the United States had dropped below 1%.
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